cost of travel

In 2016, I stayed 94 nights in hotels. I paid $5,510 for 93 of those hotel nights on six trips to Europe with 61 hotel nights and one trip to New Zealand with 7 hotel nights. The remaining 26 hotel nights were in USA hotels for travel to Las Vegas, southern California and New Orleans. London…

The Cost of Travel in Vienna, Bratislava, Krakow, Stockholm While on a Norwegian Airlines flight with free wifi Thursday from Krakow, Poland to Stockholm, Sweden, I googled “cost of living Krakow” to try and get an idea of relative prices and price comparisons to other cities in Europe. There are a couple of good websites:…

I spent the past 36 hours recovering from jet lag after 16 hours flying Stockholm to Copenhagen to San Francisco on SAS Scandinavian Airlines Friday, Dec 30. That 11 hour long-haul economy class flight was the most uncomfortable I have experienced in the past few years. My butt was so sore during the flight and…

Hard to believe the numbers of the electronic digital scale in my Krakow, Poland hotel bathroom this morning showing my weight has dropped 0.6 kg / 1.3 pounds since arriving almost 72 hours ago. This weight loss is after consuming some 30 beers and six restaurant full hot meals in Europe’s best travel bargain. Krakow…

Switzerland currently ranks as the world’s most expensive country for a tourist according to the World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015. Part of that high expense equation is hotel rates in Switzerland are highest of any country in Europe. Next week is the first week of sales for the U.S. Travel Association…

This post shares a spreadsheet with a detailed cost analysis of my four American Airlines tickets I purchased to complete my AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite challenge by flying 30,000 EQM – Elite Qualifying Miles between June and October 9, 2015. My AAdvantage EQM earning flights were flown September 2 to October 6, 2015 with 18…

When I googled ‘price of beer prague’, one of the main websites listed is www.priceoftravel.com. The page gives Prague a backpacker index $43.08. The beer portion of that is $4.00 to $5.50 per day. Sounds good to me for my travels next month. www.priceoftravel.com – Prague Backpacker Index The backpacker index is the sum for…